This course offers a general introduction to the history of Black Canada from the era of slavery to the present. This course will reveal how Black Canadians actively shaped their history and the history of the Canadian nation, all in the midst of tremendous challenges. Topics of exploration will include slavery and the slave trade, segregation and organized white supremacy, gender and sexuality, the long civil rights movement, and the rise of the prison industrial complex.
This course offers a general introduction to the history of Black Canada from the era of slavery to the present. This course will reveal how Black Canadians actively shaped their history and the history of the Canadian nation, all in the midst of tremendous challenges. Topics of exploration will include slavery and the slave trade, segregation and organized white supremacy, gender and sexuality, the long civil rights movement, and the rise of the prison industrial complex.
